The Florentine Magnates: Lineage and Faction in a Medieval Commune

by Carol Lansing

Book Overview

In the 1290s a new guild-based Florentine government placed a group of noble families under severe legal restraints, on the grounds that they were both the most powerful and the most violent and disruptive element in the city. In this colorful portrayal of civic life in medieval Florence, Carol Lansing explores the patrilineal structure and function of these urban families, known as "magnates." She shows how they emerged as a class defined not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691604533
• ISBN13: 9780691604534
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"